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An 1858 illustration from the French newspaper Le Monde illustré, of the lingchi execution of a French missionary, Auguste Chapdelaine, in China
Lingchi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
凌遲
Simplified Chinese
凌迟
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
língchí
Wade–Giles
ling2-ch'ih2
IPA
[lǐŋ.ʈʂʰɨ̌]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
lìhng-chìh
Jyutping
ling4-ci4
IPA
[leŋ˩.tsʰiː˩]
Southern Min
Tâi-lô
lêng-tî
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabet
tùng xẻo lăng trì
Hán-Nôm
丛刟 凌遲
Lingchi (IPA: lǐŋ.ʈʂʰɨ̌, Chinese: 凌遲), usually translated "slow slicing" or "death by a thousand cuts", was a form of torture and execution used in China from around the 10th century until the early 20th century. It was also used in Vietnam and Korea. In this form of execution, a knife was used to methodically remove portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in death. Lingchi was reserved for crimes viewed as especially heinous, such as treason. Even after the practice was outlawed, the concept itself has still appeared across many types of media.
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invasion of the Ming. Yuan met his end when he was arrested and executed by lingchi ("slow slicing") on the order of the Chongzhen Emperor under false charges...
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